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Egypt bourse gains EGP 12.2bln in week
Date: 2014-02-13 14:49:59 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:20 - ID:553787
The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) made more profits at the end of trading on Thursday, backed by intensive purchases by Arab and foreign investors along with the Egyptian institutions. The market capital gained 1.9 billion pounds, increasing its ....
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HRW report on human trafficking in Sinai "ignored" several facts - foreign ministry
Date: 2014-02-13 14:44:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:553761
A report, issued by the Human Rights Watch, about the human trafficking and torture in Sinai, turned a blind eye to several facts, commented the Foreign Ministry on Thursday. The ministry said that human trafficking is a serious crime that poses ....
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Education min denies extension of mid-year vacation after Feb. 22
Date: 2014-02-13 14:23:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:553724
Egypt's Education Minister Mahmoud Abul-Nasr denied on Thursday the extension of the mid-year vacation after Feb. 22. During the inauguration of a solar energy project in Mohamed Ali Industry School in Alexandria, Abu el-Nasr said the ministry is ....
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Putin hopes Russian-Egyptian trade to reach $ 5bln
Date: 2014-02-13 14:23:06 GMT - Russia - International - SN:17 - ID:553723
Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed hope that Russian-Egyptian trade would reach 5 billion dollars. “For the past several years we had registered a significant growth in trade, but unfortunately, last year we had a decline,” Putin told ....
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Kerry says N. Korea will not be accepted as nucler state
Date: 2014-02-13 14:20:24 GMT - south korea - International - SN:16 - ID:553720
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry reiterated amid a visit to South Korea that the United States will not accept North Korea as a nuclear state and called for the North's "verifiable denuclearization." "Let me be clear, the United States will not ....
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Metro fed with power after 11-minute hiatus, EETC head says
Date: 2014-02-13 13:51:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:553663
Head of the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) Ahmed el-Hanafi said the control center managed to feed the underground metro with power after an elven-minute hiatus in the early hours of Thursday. Hanafi added that the dense fog cut ....
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Giza Governor assigns engineering committee to inspect Waraq cafe
Date: 2014-02-13 13:38:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:553630
Giza Governor Ali Abdel-Rahman on Thursday assigned an engineering committee to inspect the building in which the cafe that was hit by a fire is located in El-Waraq district. The fire was caused by the explosion of a cooking gas ....
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Fire put out in EL-waraq district cafe
Date: 2014-02-13 13:37:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:553625
Giza civil defense teams extinguished the fire that broke out at a cafe in EL-Waraq district after the explosion of a cooking gas cylinder. No casualties were reported. The fire caused some damage to the cafe's facade. ....
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Moscow-Cairo dialogue important at current phase--Lavrov
Date: 2014-02-13 12:25:00 GMT - Russia - International - SN:12 - ID:553440
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has affirmed that holding dialogue between Moscow and Cairo towards international and regional issues is very important at the current phase. At the start of a press conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister ....
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Sisi: Our visit gives new start to developing military and military-technical cooperation with Russia
Date: 2014-02-13 12:21:12 GMT - Russia - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:553438
Egyptian Defense Minister Field Marshal Abdel-Fatah El-Sisi stressed that his visit to Moscow will pave the way for major military cooperation between Egypt and Russia. “Our visit gives a new start to developing military and military-technical ....